From: Michel Demazure <michel@...>
Date: 2010-08-25T15:29:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Nokogiri SAX parser encoding problem

Bob Hutchison wrote:
> 
> Actually this is allowed by the XML spec, annoying as it is. Many 
> parsers do this when encountering an entity (e.g. &apos;) in the input 
> stream (you get three strings, before, entity character, after). Some 
> XML parsers have a parameter that tells it to join adjacent strings 
> together before reporting a single string. I don't know if Nokogiri 
> provides this functionality, but it might be worth a quick peek.
> 

@Bob : Yes, it is allowed.

From the nokogiri doc for the 'characters' method :

"This method might be called multiple times given one contiguous string 
of characters."

@Ryan : strange as it is, it's a feature. So, IMHO, no bug report.

Actually, it is very strange. Parsing 'deuxi竪me', you get two calls 
'deuxi' + '竪me', but parsing the more complex '辿p辿e deuxi竪me', you get 
only one ...

Thanks to both of you.
_md
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